Land8 | Goustan BODIN | Activity https://land8.com/members/goustanbodin/activity/ Activity feed for Goustan BODIN. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:55:33 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 eb1cdbc822c49831ea2787ad42423e50 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Ideas for porous paving material? Must look nicer than pavers! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/ideas-for-porous-paving-material-must-look-nicer-than-pavers/#post-151938 Fri, 29 May 2015 02:27:23 +0000 Thanks Tosh, you reach me just in time!

Typical spec drawings I found online recommend a drain at the bottom to get rid of surplus water, and I was just thinking: “why do they have this drain at the bottom, the water should be stored there to have the time it needs to get back to the water table, or evaporate through the pavement and cool the…[Read more]

]]> 0 3233b93a42598c95dd4d76cfa94c6a20 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Ideas for porous paving material? Must look nicer than pavers! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/ideas-for-porous-paving-material-must-look-nicer-than-pavers/#post-151940 Mon, 25 May 2015 09:11:00 +0000 Thanks for your suggestion and your email, Tyler, I sent you an answer by email.

]]> 0 f0a9d424a608312fbc44bf4def59890a Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Ideas for porous paving material? Must look nicer than pavers! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/ideas-for-porous-paving-material-must-look-nicer-than-pavers/#post-151942 Sun, 24 May 2015 12:45:49 +0000 Andrew, thanks a lot for this matter-of-fact information, it’s quite precious.
I’ll find more information and possibly re-think the design: having moving stones is not an option.

]]> 0 6780c19c397c090eba45d7d089ab43bd Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Ideas for porous paving material? Must look nicer than pavers! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/ideas-for-porous-paving-material-must-look-nicer-than-pavers/#post-151944 Sun, 24 May 2015 04:13:53 +0000 After deliberation with my client, we’ll have stone pavers (travertine) with fine open joints (filled w/ pea crushed rock) for the main material.
Strips will be made out of gravel-Lok (or similar) & fine pebbles. They’ll hopefully collect more rain, because downpours in tropical regions are just brutal.
Subbase (crushed rocks on geotextile) will…[Read more]

]]> 0 971ea686d0493c0f4be7f5740b6c5a89 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Ideas for porous paving material? Must look nicer than pavers! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/ideas-for-porous-paving-material-must-look-nicer-than-pavers/#post-151945 Sun, 24 May 2015 04:07:35 +0000 Thanks Alan

]]> 0 a7f410de9065906545950c0a3a46c869 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Ideas for porous paving material? Must look nicer than pavers! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/ideas-for-porous-paving-material-must-look-nicer-than-pavers/#post-151947 Wed, 13 May 2015 12:27:30 +0000 Thanks Tosh, I’ve checked a few videos on Gravel-Lock, and though I’m not very favorable to using chemicals, I must admit the resulting product is quite interesting. I’m now thinking on how to incorporate it, if relevant, to the design. 

Any othe suggestions?

]]> 0 d7e4adc6e40a16b931467883060625bb Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Natural Swimming Pools in the forum DETAILS & MATERIALS https://land8.com/forums/topic/natural-swimming-pools/#post-153331 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 03:51:44 +0000 Thanks Miles for updating the thread with more infos and pictures. Congrats on the progress, I’m so glad for you !
I’m just like Jason, hoping  for more details and construction pictures. Can’t wait to see it with plants and life in those rocks !
What ratio between filtration and swimming did you guys go for and why ? How deep is deepest area  ?

]]> 0 c48b97445ee4c2b7944569170bba9a66 Goustan BODIN posted an update in the group Laughing at landscape architecture: https://land8.com/activity/p/20676/ Tue, 08 Jul 2014 04:46:59 +0000

]]> 0 985b1ede6f48ff6ed7da04ab86eee79e Goustan BODIN posted an update in the group Laughing at landscape architecture: When Autocad symbols come to life ! https://land8.com/activity/p/20677/ Wed, 21 May 2014 11:17:57 +0000 When Autocad symbols come to life !

]]> 0 356d93d300f59719453d6741e9c6628b Goustan BODIN replied to the topic grass identification in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE http://land8.com/forums/topic/grass-identification/#post-152701 Sat, 10 May 2014 09:26:47 +0000 Here in Thailand you couldn’t find a single one up until roughly 5 yrs ago. Now the trend caught up and you see them everywhere. There is a new one popping-up every year or so. I believe the trend should spread with the same speed in the Philipines : seeing is believing.

]]> 0 79339f045f91996d2f27e4f9443f16f7 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic grass identification in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE http://land8.com/forums/topic/grass-identification/#post-152703 Sat, 10 May 2014 06:47:19 +0000 I like these grasses, and in my books it was pictured as P. alopecuroides. But you made me doubt the book (local books not so trustworthy), I had to search the answer and turned to my favorite site: wikipedia.
Pennisetum alopecuroides actually looks like the grass in the first 2 links
Pennisetum setaceum should be the right one 
Pennisetum ori…[Read more]

]]> 0 59cac2b008b1cff4e8b5dc9b46254388 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic grass identification in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE http://land8.com/forums/topic/grass-identification/#post-152705 Fri, 09 May 2014 16:44:58 +0000 Good eye, Rob !

It’s Pennisetum Alopecuroides, comes in clumps.
It’s red cousin is Pennisetum setaceum, cv. ‘Rubrum’ (same aspect, bronze red color)

Both available in the US if I’m not mistaken.

]]> 0 70f845f4e64c3de81c9603cd57568df8 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Books to Teach Planting Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/books-to-teach-planting-design/#post-152772 Thu, 01 May 2014 19:04:58 +0000 I gotcha, like :
Moods in the Landscape: A.E. Bye by A. E. Bye (Jul 24, 2006)
or
Art into Landscape, Landscape into Art by A. E. Bye (Jun 1988)
Thanks ! 🙂

]]> 0 25d5f435bdcf4cf33e4fec354c72ba84 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Books to Teach Planting Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/books-to-teach-planting-design/#post-152773 Thu, 01 May 2014 18:53:03 +0000 Who is A.E., Henry ?
Title, publishing, year ?
Please 🙂

]]> 0 0ee062b3369670e50b76e7ae364b0425 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Books to Teach Planting Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/books-to-teach-planting-design/#post-152774 Thu, 01 May 2014 03:04:25 +0000 Attempt much appreciated, Book and comments duly noted, thanks !  😀

]]> 0 814ea8e2bb3030b599871beb262d0ad0 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Books to Teach Planting Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/books-to-teach-planting-design/#post-152776 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 19:28:14 +0000 Trace One, 
I want to thank you for that very important lesson you taught me today : do not let yourself and your discussion be dragged down into an argument you did not look for.
We spoiled the topic (I doubt anyone will want to share their books after this long digression), but I guess that’s the price to pay for the lesson.
Thank you again.

]]> 0 a8cc98c743a9ef47f881969aa237c86d Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Books to Teach Planting Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/books-to-teach-planting-design/#post-152777 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 18:49:34 +0000 *edit* time for thinking

]]> 0 5c79998375e8a236baa8736e6ac81916 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Books to Teach Planting Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/books-to-teach-planting-design/#post-152779 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 18:24:13 +0000 thanks

]]> 0 8ceeb977bc2fb9cd4776793be014b2c7 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Books to Teach Planting Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/books-to-teach-planting-design/#post-152781 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 16:03:07 +0000 Hmmm, Andrew, not sure I exactly understand what you mean, so please forgive me if I miss the point.
When I came to SEAsia for the first time, I understood that everything I knew about landscape architecture had to do with my cultural background. Here the contrast is so strong that you understand that the way you see and analyse things has to do…[Read more]

]]> 0 6df7d4a03336dd93591712a153fab235 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Books to Teach Planting Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/books-to-teach-planting-design/#post-152783 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:35:23 +0000 0 b92e30b249f73ee1ce372a6a6d6c78e0 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Books to Teach Planting Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/books-to-teach-planting-design/#post-152784 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:35:03 +0000 I suggest you go walk in the jungle (I’d be happy to oblige), then I suggest you spend some time in a rural village there (I know the right place), to have an idea of what you’re saying, before pushing this ‘debate’ further. 
Just note that opening a ‘window’ on western design is actually opening for them a window to the world. They will take it f…[Read more]

]]> 0 f9711ac3b213bef67daf9ea1f8b793fb Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Books to Teach Planting Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/books-to-teach-planting-design/#post-152785 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:28:29 +0000 //I just self-censored a pamphlet which has nothing to do with the topic. Let it just be said that the average Lao has never had a chance to go to the West, even less study in harvard//
Now, I will certainly not underestimate their capacity for Art, which is clearly demonstrated to anyone who visits the exhibition spaces in Luang-Prabang.
I also…[Read more]

]]> 0 ab948c38d4d3aaa259db308ef5c33400 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Books to Teach Planting Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/books-to-teach-planting-design/page/2/#post-152789 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:41:04 +0000 Haha, I can see and understand where your ‘cranky contrarians’ come from ! 🙂
I would probably take a similar stance myself if I was dealing with people with a common cultural background and to whom we had in common any form of ‘landscaping references’, which you refer to as “the same old same old, everything irrigated,  respond to sun and shade b…[Read more]

]]> 0 c7ef0ef8993cedfe31cc4e95cc5ec643 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Books to Teach Planting Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/books-to-teach-planting-design/page/2/#post-152792 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 04:58:29 +0000 Thanks Eric, I remember Andrew recommended it to me already, and I shortlisted it for further reading.

]]> 0 46429538422b1619b83147b54a1bad64 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Tree Stakes in the forum DETAILS & MATERIALS https://land8.com/forums/topic/tree-stakes/#post-155204 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 04:49:50 +0000 I back-up Andrew : saw the drawing specs on ISA website (they provide PDF and CAD if I remember well) +  matches the field practice when I was doing planting.

]]> 0 6b253444df32ffce72654021c5f9b5d0 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Recommendations for Photoshop Rendering File Sizes? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/recommendations-for-photoshop-rendering-file-sizes/#post-152863 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:43:16 +0000 I quite disagree with the ‘machine intensive’ comments : you do *not* need to work at such an accuracy that you need an NSA super-calculator to do your renderings. This will cost you an arm in Hardware investments for no purpose.
Like others said, keep you layer number down, blending and masking to what is required, 150dpi and you’ll be just fine,…[Read more]

]]> 0 c2239bef4ba76d9bcd97eacd011d1c02 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Please help us out: ASLA Sustainable Sites Webbie Award in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/please-help-us-out-asla-sustainable-sites-webbie-award/#post-152822 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:23:15 +0000 you got my vote 🙂

]]> 0 59e6a591269954a79a94233ab4bbc40a Goustan BODIN replied to the topic VOTE NOW - Which AutoCAD linework tool is the most efficient? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/vote-now-which-autocad-linework-tool-is-the-most-efficient/#post-152827 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:06:11 +0000 Pline by far most efficient to me (voted already), though I prefer Spline. Barely ever use line.

]]> 0 cfea1183a436fd80973f8e744f9c43ad Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Marketing yourself for employment. in the forum STORY BOARD https://land8.com/forums/topic/marketing-yourself-for-employment/#post-152836 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:01:40 +0000 move your butt on Linked-In, make a website/blog/FB, update your profiles everywhere, register to relevant job boards and set your alerts for all these websites. Now, you control everything from your email.
Make sure you display experience relevant to the region you aim for.

+ what Tosh said.

]]> 0 6a2d29836308ee2d7218e231b7cffe26 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Moving to Shenzhen, in need of design job in the forum SUSTAINABILITY & DESIGN https://land8.com/forums/topic/moving-to-shenzhen-in-need-of-design-job/#post-152844 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 16:52:52 +0000 Contact ALSA (Alain Landscape Studio and Associates) on my behalf.
http://www.alsa.net.cn/

]]> 0 c9142480f34590dbc776ddd494d8c808 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Escrow system for working from abroad in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/escrow-system-for-working-from-abroad/#post-152874 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 20:18:50 +0000 agreed, I’ve seen a few K euros/dollars in cash on the markets in Asia quite a few times. My fees won’t require a suitcase to move the cash around… scotch tape will be fine 🙂

]]> 0 aebbe2f0c81981503a9be4dbb2a58089 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Escrow system for working from abroad in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/escrow-system-for-working-from-abroad/#post-152876 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:21:09 +0000 I did try my luck on Elance for a couple of months to check it out, and my conclusion is that the competition bring the prices down so low that it’s not worth investing more time into it. (May be others have a different experience, should be an interesting topic for another thread…) So well, Elance is a buyers market. If clients believe they…[Read more]

]]> 0 d93ca27200effa7e16cef935d8f0c2de Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Escrow system for working from abroad in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/escrow-system-for-working-from-abroad/#post-152878 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:38:48 +0000 Hmmm, just what I thought, thanks for putting me back on track 🙂

]]> 0 d2df219d70d6af7a16c88e750422ed67 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Escrow system for working from abroad in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/escrow-system-for-working-from-abroad/#post-152880 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:07:12 +0000 I was thinking about something ‘off the tracks’, let’s call it thinking ‘out of the box’ ! 

-> This job they want me to freelance is a planting design test to check my skills prior to hiring me (or so they say). So well, if it works, I’m thinking that I will have to fly there to go for a final interview, check their office, find accommodation…[Read more]

]]> 0 9bf48c199a87c92397db12e8f3297e28 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Escrow system for working from abroad in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/escrow-system-for-working-from-abroad/#post-152881 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:58:23 +0000 Thnak you both both dearly for your advice, keep it coming ! 🙂
@Rob :
Thank you for describing the regular process, though I must admit I don’t like too much what I hear (waiting for months ; 17% 🙁 ). I asked my prospective client if they have experience and to tell me how they proceed, while I contacted my friends in China and asked for…[Read more]

]]> 0 31673fe4285cc2a6f0ba010b0d1782b6 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Where can I get 2D Plant Textures for Northeast Zones 4,5,6? in the forum GRAPHICS http://land8.com/forums/topic/where-can-i-get-2d-plant-textures-for-northeast-zones-456/#post-152885 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 17:55:15 +0000 Sketchup warehouse has got plenty of sketchup models plants. I am surprised your company doesn’t already have such libraries. May be a bonus service you can offer ?

]]> 0 658102250d2f0a05e295d52e604e4e30 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Knowing Our Limits. Habitat Restoration Requires Ecologists Input in the forum SUSTAINABILITY & DESIGN http://land8.com/forums/topic/knowing-our-limits-habitat-restoration-requires-ecologists-input/#post-152891 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:27:51 +0000 Thanks for sharing, Rob, very interesting article.

The first comment is spot on :
“This article begins as it should with an acknowledgement that “restorations” are now a “huge business” and like most businesses, they are designed to compensate those who are engaged in them, not to benefit the environment or the public. “

I face that everyda…[Read more]

]]> 0 7650c5509087c1b09871357b183f3d65 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic High-resolution Trees/Plants for plan presentation in the forum GRAPHICS https://land8.com/forums/topic/high-resolution-treesplants-for-plan-presentation/#post-152970 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 04:17:11 +0000 If you need a specific plant, use “cut out” + latin name in google, set image size to large, sometimes you get lucky 😉

]]> 0 2be0aaf41a7ab0323062b313a38e6278 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Are Green Walls "worth it"? in the forum SUSTAINABILITY & DESIGN http://land8.com/forums/topic/are-green-walls-worth-it/#post-152919 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 07:55:01 +0000 I’d have liked to see more numbers from that study…
But like they said, this is cost based only and does not take into account other benefits (whether these are as important as some would like to believe is another story) : health, comfort, fun, aesthetics…

]]> 0 eecd5b045be841497ab71152820c14e9 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Via Verde Rooftop Planters in the forum DETAILS & MATERIALS https://land8.com/forums/topic/via-verde-rooftop-planters/#post-153087 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 04:35:50 +0000 does this type of product which we usually call here “artificial wood” fall under the “plastic timber” category ?

http://www.artowood.com/gallery-en.php

Sorry, just improving my vocabulary 

]]> 0 32fcb8cd914e1fde6c488acb9311e74d Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Via Verde Rooftop Planters in the forum DETAILS & MATERIALS https://land8.com/forums/topic/via-verde-rooftop-planters/#post-153089 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:22:18 +0000 Thanks for the time taken to bring up some details, sounds just exactly like the type of project I’d love to work on ! We had created community gardens in my faculty, and all loved it. Have fun !

]]> 0 137f36127ee7d4016c197f11622dc18f Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Architect in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/architect/#post-153084 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 08:58:50 +0000 I know what you mean : been in SZ too for a few months. Loved the projects, loved my boss, but daily conversations limited to “go eat ?” when it was time for lunch just killed me. I ended up totally isolated, depressed, video-games addicted and my english got worse than ever.
HK, Singapore, Philippines, India, Middle East stronger in…[Read more]

]]> 0 30ba473433aba6dff55345b7d3a18ec9 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Via Verde Rooftop Planters in the forum DETAILS & MATERIALS https://land8.com/forums/topic/via-verde-rooftop-planters/#post-153092 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 08:49:29 +0000 Sorry, can’t help for material, but curious to know about decision to have wide timber for seating : isn’t it bothering for gardening ? Could you please be kind to share how decision was made (client/users decision…) ?

]]> 0 d4acfd2ca6bd58e634c59618701025ec Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Netafim Techline vs. Rainbird XFS in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION http://land8.com/forums/topic/netafim-techline-vs-rainbird-xfs/#post-153098 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 03:37:36 +0000 if you’re on Linked-In, I’d recommend you ask your question in that group :
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=152044

]]> 0 d257d13a805f3a97b6637bedd239f151 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Which is your favorite Cloud ? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/which-is-your-favorite-cloud/#post-153102 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 06:01:45 +0000 Hi Jason, Nca, ty for your input.

I like this NAS idea, especially that it actually doesn’t need to run all the time for backups. The thing is that the cloud also has the advantage of re-locating your files somewhere away from your other storage solutions, which I find really reassuring Vs events like fire, burglary, etc.

I’ve now checked…[Read more]

]]> 0 fb4d2612c5a27c9c35140272238be56b Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Which is your favorite Cloud ? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/which-is-your-favorite-cloud/#post-153105 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 05:03:57 +0000 Tanya, thanks for your feedback.

]]> 0 e203d01714a13893eb34077fdcdfaa47 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Structural Soil in the forum SUSTAINABILITY & DESIGN http://land8.com/forums/topic/structural-soil/#post-153114 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:32:51 +0000 If you’re on Linked-In, I’ve found this group of certified arborists most resourceful :
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=3107134

]]> 0 f172f02ae0759d88137f759e494d6549 Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Which is your favorite Cloud ? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/which-is-your-favorite-cloud/#post-153108 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:25:56 +0000 Hi Robert, Thanks for your answer. Using windows, interested into pro use.

My aim is to have a safe haven for my libraries and work archives. Would be updated frequently with current work. This way, if another hardware/software problem occurs, I can just simply wipe the problematic drives and get my core files back quickly.
A side benefit is that…[Read more]

]]> 0 cfc5a4c9851ac6a73d7a4e7a9deaa18f Goustan BODIN replied to the topic French discussion ? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/french-discussion/#post-176802 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 10:27:51 +0000 Hi Aurelien, 

I’m a French LA working in Asia, I settled in Thailand for good in 2006. I checked your website and liked what I saw, keep it up !

Gus

]]> 0 3f26dd31a7e2c68858bb8c35529f49ac Goustan BODIN replied to the topic Getting back in the game - Teaching an old dog new tricks in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/getting-back-in-the-game-teaching-an-old-dog-new-tricks/#post-153183 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 15:52:16 +0000 Fully agree with Ashley : I also have been away from Autocad for a few years in the past, and it does come back quickly when you get your head into it. Even the new interface, options, icons, whatever. It’s a scary one, but after all, it’s just another software…

Again, autocad is just one skill amongst (too) many skills LAs need to  master.

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